In the coming years, bare-knuckle boxing contests would be held in amphitheaters all over England. Jack Boughton, also known as“the Father of Boxing,” developed the first set of rules for the sport and published them in 1743 as a result from a bout where he killed his opponent in 1741.
The most revolutionary change in the sport came in 1865 when John Sholto Douglass, the Eighth Marquess of Queensbury, drew up new rules of boxing which basically transformed the sport into what it is today. He is regarded as the “Patron Saint” of boxing and some of the most significant changes were three-minute rounds and the regulated use of approved boxing gloves.
At this point the popularity of boxing continued to spread. It was included in the St. Louis Olympic Games in 1904 for the first time ever. From here on, talented fighters from all over the world would meet and fight for sanctioned titles all throughout the 20th Century and into the 21st.
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